imon Kearns, 25, Just Smashed Mount Rainier's Speed Record.

Mountaineer Simon Kearns set a staggering new on-foot FKT on Mount Rainier, completing the 14.5-mile Paradise route in ...
FOX 13 Seattle on MSN

Climber sets new speed record to summit WA's Mount Rainier

A new king of Mount Rainier has been crowned. Earlier this month, a 25-year-old climber from Colorado broke the speed record ...

Mount Rainier climber sets new speed record

There’s a new king of the mountain. On May 9, mountain guide Simon Kearns stepped onto the asphalt at Paradise in Mount ...

Ashford-based guide runs up Mount Rainier and back, shattering speed record

On May 9, Rainier Mountaineering Incorporated guide Simon Kearns woke up in company housing in Ashford well before dawn. For ...
Daily Camera

Different routes, same climb — Remembering my dad (Wicked Gravity)

Huffing and puffing, we stagger up the glacier in darkness. The metallic crunch of crampons in frozen snow cuts through the early morning stillness. Our group of a dozen climbers stops on ...
The Bulletin

Lou Whittaker, among the most famous American mountaineers, has died at age 95

SEATTLE — Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mount ...
SFGate

Future of legendary 150-mile Rainier ride uncertain after permit denial

For decades, cyclists have gathered before dawn in the shadow of Washington’s Mount Rainier to attempt something that borders on absurd: riding 150 miles around the massive volcano in a single day.
The Spokesman-Review

Men who died on Mount Rainier were prolific climbers

Jiri Richter and Ben Watson were drawn to the mountains – and they always wanted to help others reach the summit. Richter, 51, gave fellow climbers a pat on the shoulder and patiently told them to ...